Mar 9, 2014

These whole wheat Irish soda bread muffins are delicious, the perfect start a lazy cold March Sunday morning. Speckled with raisins, they are sweet and perfect enjoyed with a hot cup of tea.

Plus, making them in muffin tins is perfect for better portion control. I first posted these back in 2010, and almost forgot just how good these were! I used a combination of King Arthur unbleached white whole wheat flour with unbleached all purpose flour, and the flavor and texture was perfect – they don't taste whole wheat at all. If you like caraway seeds in your bread, you can add about an eighth of a teaspoon.

In a large bowl combine all dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt). Using a pastry cutter or two knives, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

In a small bowl, stir together buttermilk, honey (or agave) and egg until blended. Add buttermilk mixture to dry ingredients and stir to combine. Stir in raisins.

Spoon batter into prepared pan. Bake 20 to 25 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center of one muffin comes out clean.

Remove tin and cool on a wire rack for about 5 minutes before removing muffins from tin; finish cooling on rack. Serve warm or cool completely and store muffins in an airtight container or ziplock bags at room temperature.

These were great! The flavor was really good. Mine were a little chewy, but I think that was due more to my 3 y/o stirring (and stirring and stirring...) than to the recipe itself. Great addition to our St. Pat's Day meal and I love the portion control of the muffins!

I made this muffins today and am having one right now with a cup of tea!! These are wonderful Irish soda bread worthy without a doubt - worth every point! I just rejoined WW and after searching the net for points plus recipes came across your site. Looking forward to trying other recipes! Tomorrow I will be having the egg in the red pepper ring for breakfast!

Can't wait to try these. I'm curious can you use Bob's Red Mill Whole Wheat Pastry flour for any of your recipes that call for a blend of white & whole wheat flour? What about your red velvet cupcake recipe which calls for a mix of cake flour & whole wheat? Thanks Gina!!

Fresh out of the over. Made a couple changes- don't have buttermilk so I added lemon juice to regular milk (which is how I usually make my soda bread), egg beaters instead of the egg, and I used caraway seeds since I don't keep raisins in the house since they are toxic to dogs and I have a 4 year old who feeds things to the dogs.Not the same as my great grandmother's recipe, but still very good! And by having them in muffin form, it will definitely help with portion control!Oh and LOVING your site, just joined WW this past week. Hoping that hubby will like some of the recipes that have caught my eye.

I don't understand why you would omit the agave if you're not using raisins. One has nothing to do with the other, except both are sweet. I'd think you'd need the agave MORE if you didn't use caraway seeds.

Also, buttermilk and skim milk are totally different things. You can make clabbered milk by adding lemon juice or vinegar to skim milk, but it'll end up really dry if you just use plain skim milk.

These will be perfect to go with your corned beef soup for St. Pat's! I just love your website! I have been using your recipes for over a year now and I haven't tried one I haven't loved. You're part of the reason I have lost 85 pounds!! Thanks Gina!

Muffins are a mainstay around our house. They are as nourishing as they are good to eat and can be a healthy snack. If you are conscious about yo u weight you can drink the Swami Mami Teas because it helps shed off some fats and betters your lifestyle.

I make an Irish Soda Bread, famaily favorite for holidays....always wondered if I could put in bread maker ??? this is with wheat...so will try this one too...Thanks I live in South Florida...Publix makes a white and a wheat mountain bread, I got on line long ago and got a man's version of it for the bread machine, while it is good, it is not like Publix, any one have a recipe?

WOW WOW WOW, GINA! Just made these! And of course ate one already! Absolutely delicicous, light and fluffy! Only thing I added was 2 teaspoons of caraway seeds since I love them in Irish Soda Bread. I spread some cranberry honey on the muffin and it was heavenly! Will defiintely be making thses AGAIN on St. Patrick's Day (because this batch won't last that long!!) Thanks, Gina!!

Made it with pastry flour instead of the listed ones, and made buttermilk by mixing 2/3rds of a cup of Fage 0% yoghurt with 1/3rd cup skim milk and added some chopped pecans. Came out fine - really easy to make and quick to cook! They're quite dense and savoury / sweet rather than muffin. Perfect for breakfast on the go imo

I made these last night, but they came out a bit dense. Could it be that I mixed the batter too long? Also, is it salted or unsalted butter? I love the flavor of caraway, so I added about a teaspoon of caraway seeds. Next time I'll add more. Thanks for the help and for all the great recipes!